Same here really, the hay meadows are flattened and probably only fit for silage if summer continues like this. Not what you’d expect in East Anglia though? The flowers are a little peppery, they’re good and look pretty in salads while the unripened seeds taste a bit like capers.

They are the infinitely varying results of pale yellow trailing ‘Moonlight’ having self-seeded many times over the years. We eat the flowers and seeds when freshest, as the hedge of them matures the leaves are only fit for cabbage white butterfly caterpillars.

Our nastrsian is starting to send out its long runners. No flowers as winter. Big rain overnight and some flooding from NE so not cold. Snow chains on passes advised in the South Island. Skiers will be happy as wasn’t much snow on ski fields. We are to get a sw change up here but wont be as cold as South Island. We moan if drops below 13 degrees cent. !!
Ground saturated clay here!

That’s interesting, Yvonne. I’ve noticed that in an especially mild winter they might flower through to the end of November and remain almost evergreen until hit by heavy frosts. As a hedge, the dead trailing stems look ethereal. Hope your winter treats you kindly.